If you're searching for a last minute summer vacation the whole family can enjoy, an amusement park is probably the way to go.

TripAdvisor recently came out with a list of the top amusement parks in America, from its Traveler's Choice Awards for Amusement Parks and Water Parks. Orlando is a perennial hot-spot for attractions and rides, from SeaWorld to Universal's Islands of Adventure. Other famous parks like Cedar Point and Disneyland also made the top 10.

TripAdvisor looked at millions of traveler reviews and then created an algorithm that considered the quantity and quality of reviews for each attraction over a 12-month period.

10. Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida

9. Universal Studio Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

8. Cedar Point Amusement Park, Sandusky, Ohio

People love using the popular phrase "It's the journey, not the destination." 

There are millions of miles of roads in the world, and some of these roads provide incredible views of the surrounding landscape. Sometimes, the roads themselves are a work of art.

We've come up with the ultimate list of the world's most beautiful roads to prove that sometimes the journey is much more captivating than the destination. These roads range from oceanside cruises in Hawaii to treacherous hairpin turns in the Swiss Alps.

The Valley of Fire Road in Nevada passes through beautiful red sandstone formations that look like they are on fire when reflecting the sun.

The Atlantic Road in Norway stretches across seven bridges and offers a beautiful view of the Atlantic Ocean. If you drive in calmer weather, you might even see whales and seals.

India's Rohtang Pass offers a spectacular view of glaciers, peaks and rivers. Be warned — it's also known for its massive landslides.

We've all heard the saying "Everything's bigger in Texas"— and we're here to show you that it's true.

The Lone Star State is home to nearly 26.5 million people, or 8.4% of the total U.S. population. Most of this population is concentrated around cities including Houston, Dallas, and Austin.

Texas contains a major portion of the U.S. economy. Its total gross domestic product is $1.43 trillion, which is approximately 8.5% of the entire U.S. GDP.

Although Texas is primarily known for its oil, it is also the leader in wind power development, and has a large aerospace and aviation industry. Fifty-two Fortune 500 companies including ExxonMobil, AT&T, and American Airlines are headquartered in Texas.

Texas has enough crude oil reserves to fill up almost 1459 Empire State Buildings.

Texas has 9.614 billion barrels of crude oil reserves, which is 403.788 billion gallons. This is 31.5% of the U.S.' reserves.

The Empire State Building's volume is 37 million cubic feet, which is 276,779,000 gallons.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Association

There are enough registered machine guns in Texas to arm every undergraduate enrolled at UCLA.

There are 28,690 registered machine guns in Texas.

There were 28,674 enrolled undergraduates at UCLA in the Fall 2013 semester.

Source: My San Antonio

Texas' total area is twice the size of Germany.

Texas is the largest state in the contiguous United States with an area of 268,820 square miles. This is 7.4% of the total U.S.

Germany's area is 137,847 square miles.

Source: About Geography

The estate of Nextel Communications founder Morgan O’Brien is set to hit the auction block this weekend.

The 22,500-square-foot Penderyn Estate was originally on the market for $29 million, but is now being sold to the highest bidder without a reserve price.

The eight-bedroom, 12-bathroom home sits on an 18-acre peninsula in Queenstown, Maryland, overlooking the Wye River.

Amenities include 11 fireplaces, a personal sauna, a billiards room, a dock with 11 slips, and an "in-law wing."

The auction will take place at the home on July 19, 2014.

Welcome to The Penderyn Estate in Queenstown, Maryland.

The Georgian-style mansion sits on an 18-acre peninsula on the Wye River.

As soon as you step in, you'll see an oversized marble foyer and a 60-foot long hallway.

There’s a lot of money in writing about Apple rumors, but as Chris Rawson at TUAW pointed out in January, the vast majority of articles are not to be trusted.

As we approach the fall launch of the next iPhone, we thought it’d be fun to look back at some of the most outlandish iPhone rumors previously published — all due respect to those reporters who were fooled.  

"Future Mac computers will feature unique screws that prevent tampering."

The Cult of Mac — among several other news sites — posted a bogus rumor in August 2012 from a throwaway Reddit account that said Apple was working on an asymmetric screw design that would effectively lock out tinkerers that wanted to play around inside their Mac computers. The rumor was later discovered to have been fabricated by a Swedish design company called Day4, and several Apple websites issued their respective mea culpas after that.

"Apple will announce a game controller in 2013."

In March 2013, citing "multiple developer sources," PocketGamer provided "confirmation" that Apple was in talks with game developers at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco about its plans to launch a "dedicated game controller ... ensuring plenty of games will support the joypad at launch."

Apple didn't release a game controller last year, and although Apple has a 2010 patent for a dedicated game controller (pictured here), it's not clear why Apple would ever do such a thing. (Veteran Apple reporter Jim Dalrymple quickly refuted this report soon after it was published.)

"The 2011 iPhone will be called 'iPhone 5.'"

Just about every single tech site got this rumor wrong in 2011. CNET was one of the few companies to insist on the name "iPhone 4S." The Verge editor-in-chief Josh Topolsky, then at Engadget, said the "iPhone 5" would be a "completely redesigned handset" that would launch in the summer. Instead, that year's iPhone was the 4S, not the 5, and the phone's hardware was not redesigned at all.

What is the single dish visitors should not miss when visiting a foreign country?

Quora users set out to answer that question in a thread on the question-and-answer-based website, singling out the most iconic thing to eat in their homelands. We added in some of our own selections.

From wiener schnitzel in Austria to feijoada in Brazil to katsudon in Japan, don't miss these 35 dishes.

Australia: Pie floater

Often touted as the perfect hangover cure, a pie floater is an Australian-style meat pie that's sitting in a bowl of thick green pea soup. It's sometimes topped with tomato sauce, vinegar, and salt and pepper.

Pie floaters are "so fantastic to eat in winter and as a hangover cure,"wrote Quora user Kathryn B.

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Austria: Wiener Schnitzel

Wiener schnitzel, suggested by Quora user Felix H., is synonymous with Austria.

It's a very thin veal cutlet that's breaded and deep fried. It's usually served with lemon and parsley, and is accompanied by a side of potatoes or rice.

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Argentina: Asado

Asado is the term to describe Argentina's delectable grilled meats—and grilled Argentinian steak is especially delicious.

"It is true that most of the good meat goes to the so called first world countries via exports, but I can guarantee that if you have a good 'asador' (the guy making the asado) the taste will be priceless, especially if you're in the countryside,"wrote Quora user Matias J.

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Ironing a dress shirt is one of those things most people don't know how to do right.

No one wants to walk into a meeting looking rumpled. Here are some tips for properly using your iron on a dress shirt. (Thanks to Art of Manliness, which has great advice on this subject and other men's style topics.)

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We remain convinced that the best way to explain anything is through maps. They combine the frenzy over data with an instantly recognizable visualization for how all that data fits. 

With that in mind, we've put together a new edition of the 27 maps that explain America.

You'll find pretty much everything in here: eating and drinking habits, pet ownership, ethnicity, language, and more.

Check it out.

Predilection for passports, by % ownership. Mississippians don't get out too much.

The most overrepresented job in every state. About what you'd expect. Illinois has an inordinate number of groundskeepers.

The most educated states in America. Denver stands out in the West.

Seinfeld's pilot episode aired 25 years ago, on July 5th, 1989, yet it continues to be the most influential sitcom in TV history — not only for changing how we watched television and rewriting the playbook for every comedy that followed it, but also how this "show about nothing" expanded our vocabulary.

Nearly every episode of Seinfeld contains one word or phrase that we still weave into our day-to-day interactions. These are 15 of the best instances of how the show left a lasting mark on our lexicon.

"Low-Talker"

"The Puffy Shirt": Season 5, Episode 2

It's a situation every Seinfeld viewer has encountered: A person who talks so quietly that you can't understand them, yet you don't want to embarrass them or ask them to repeat themselves.

In most cases, a conversation with a low-talker leaves us wondering "Wait, what?" In Jerry's case, his chat with a low-talker ended with him wearing that embarrassing puffy shirt on The Today Show. "But I don't want to be a pirate!"

More from Rolling Stone: In Pics: 10 Great ‘Seinfeld’ Episodes

"Close-Talker"

"The Raincoats": Season 5, Episodes 18 and 19

A close-talker is the annoying cousin of a low-talker, and as portrayed by Judge Reinhold, Seinfeld's close talker gets uncomfortably right in the face of the person they're conversing with.

Forget about personal space; you can feel their hot breath as they're speaking to you. Luckily for Jerry and Elaine, they dump Aaron the close-talker on Seinfeld's parents, who don't seem to mind someone infringing on their individual proximity.

"Spongeworthy"

"The Sponge": Season 7, Episode 9

The contraceptive might have been pulled from the market, but the term Elaine coined continues to define men that just aren’t worth sleeping with.

After Elaine's beloved sponge is removed from pharmacies, she hoards up Manhattan's remaining supply while deliberating whether that episode's love interest is deserving of one of those last few sponges. If a dude isn't "spongeworthy," the long-term prospects aren't great. (Parody Twitter account @Seinfeld2000 would perhaps rebrand the word "Tinderworthy.")

"I aspire to be a sushi master of the bread and butter world. The 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi' of bread and butter."

That’s what Dan Richer —the James Beard Rising Star chef semi-finalist and owner of Razza Pizza Artiginale in Jersey City, NJ — recently told Liza de Guia at FoodCurated.com in an interview.

The New Jersey-native makes the comparison between his restaurant's bread and butter dish and the cuisine served by the best-known sushi chef in Japan to emphasize his commitment to using the best ingredients and serving at the right temperature.

Bread and butter costs $4 at Razza, which also serves pizzas and salads. While most restaurants toss bread on the table for free, Richer says his version is worth the extra bucks.

The New Jersey-native set out to master bread and butter, and believes that he has. His bread, served warm with a caramelized crust and delicate inside, perfectly pairs with a rich, lightly salted butter served at room temperature. The chef even claims it's possible to taste the “terroir,” or origin, of the butter.“You can taste what the cows are eating in our butter, it’s ridiculous,” Richer says in the Vimeo video. The restaurant gets fresh, organic cream from a family-run farm in Chester County, Pa. that raises grass-fed cows. The cream is then gently fermented, giving it a “cheese-like tang” and a bright yellow color.The bread is almost like sourdough, but not with the “acidic, acid, vinegar thing going on,” Richer says. The bread is sized and shaped ideally for baking in a wood-fired oven, and the crust is perfectly caramelized and slightly sour.

Watch the beautiful video below, and check out more with the chef at FoodCurated.com.

The 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi' of Bread & Butter: Razza Pizza Artiginale from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.

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When you're worth several billion dollars, you're bound to want to spend that wealth on some extravagant toys. 

Wealthy tech executives are no exception to the rule.

From sports franchises to private planes, we've rounded up some of the most interesting toys tech billionaires have splurged on recently. 

Google chairman Eric Schmidt has a $72-million yacht called the "Oasis," which he charters out for $400,000 a week. The yacht has plenty of amenities, including a pool, jet skis, and a gym that can be converted into a disco.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is known for her taste in high-end designer goods. In 2006, she had some 400 pieces of glass art by Dale Chihuly installed in the ceiling of her penthouse apartment at San Francisco's Four Seasons hotel. Chihuly's work typically sells for an average of $15,000 each, and the delivery reportedly caused significant traffic problems in the city.

Source: Gawker, Business Insider

Though he has a net worth of at least $200 million, Tumblr founder David Karp isn't a showy person. He does have a Vespa that he likes to ride to work each morning.

Source: New York Magazine

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific was named the world's best airline at the World Airline Awards this week, which were announced at the Farnborough Airshow in the UK.

The airline took the top spot from Emirates, which ranked fourth on this year's list from leading airline reviewer Skytrax. The ranking is based on a survey filled out by nearly 19 million customers, and covers both full-service and budget airlines across 41 metrics related to product and service.

We compared Skytrax's ranking with the results of Business Insider's recent airline review, which also took punctuality into account.

20. Bangkok Airways

Business Insider Ranking: n/a

The regional airline operates scheduled services to destinations in Thailand, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Maldives, Burma, India and Singapore.

Bangkok Airways also topped Skytrax's list of the world's best regional airlines.

Source: Skytrax World Airline Awards

19. Hainan Airlines

Business Insider Ranking: n/a

China's Hainan Airlines recently announced plans to purchase around $5 billion worth of new planes from Boeing.

The airline also ranked 10th for best cabin crew on Skytrax's annual list.

Source: Skytrax World Airline Awards

18. Malaysia Airlines

Business Insider Ranking: 5

Though Malaysia Airlines' image has taken a pounding after the tragic disappearance of flight 370, the carrier's decades' worth of sterling service should not be discounted. Because of the incident, and mounting financial losses, the world's most talked-about airline is now in the midst of a management shakeup and fleet-renewal process. 

In spite of the upheaval, the carrier maintains its seat as one of the best airlines in the world.

Source: Skytrax World Airline Awards

There are tons of Android tablets out there, but few are equipped to take on the iPad. Samsung's recently released Galaxy Tab S, however, may be the best Android tablet you can buy.

Other than its super-slim design and gorgeous display, the Tab S comes with a handful of software features that allow you to do more than you can with an iPad.

Here's a quick look at what you can do with the Galaxy Tab S that you can't do with an iPad. 

You can use your fingerprint to make payments or launch apps

The Galaxy Tab S comes with Samsung's fingerprint sensor in the home button. Since Samsung has partnered with PayPal, you can use your fingerprint to verify purchases rather than typing in a password.

Samsung's software lets you run more than one app side-by-side

Thanks to Samsung's Multi-Window Mode, you can open two apps and run them alongside one another on the home screen. 

You can control your smartphone directly from the Galaxy Tab S

Samsung's SideSync feature, which lets you control your phone from the tablet, only works if you have a Galaxy S4, Galaxy S5, or Galaxy Note 3 smartphone. The feature is designed to make it easier to transfer files between your phone and tablet, but you can also use your tablet to make or answer phone calls. Making calls from your tablet seems a bit awkward, but the idea is that if your phone is in another room, you can still answer the call immediately without having to run to get it. 

Google offers so much more than just search.

For example, did you know that Google can guide you through your wedding?

From the silly to the useful, these Google features will make you love Google even more than you probably already did. 

Google Image search "Atari Breakout" and prepare to forget whatever else you were supposed to be doing.

Source. 

You can set a timer on Google (and get an alarm to sound when time is up) by Googling any amount of time followed by "timer."

Source. 

Google.com/sky lets you explore the far reaches of the universe using images from NASA satellite, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and the Hubble Telescope.

ESPN's annual sports award show The ESPYs took place in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

Athletes, models, and celebrities were all in attendance, some of them were dressed much better than the rest.

While all of the athletes in attendance are good on the field or court, a lot of them could use some help with style. But others, like Lolo Jones, looked stunning.

Lolo Jones' midriff-baring two piece was stunning.

Colin Kaepernick forgot to cover his ankles.

Tennis player Sloane Stephens was red-carpet ready.

Hedge fund manager David Ganek is selling his elegant duplex at 740 Park Avenue for $44 million, according to Curbed. The building was designed by renowned architect Rosario Candela.

In addition to its stunning amenities, the apartment also has an interesting history: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis lived in the home as a child, and her grandfather developed the building back in 1929.

The newly renovated duplex features a marble gallery, a library, a media room, and more. The residence is for sale through Sotheby's International Realty.

Ganek has a large modern art collection, pieces of which are featured throughout his home.

This living room area is bright and spacious.

This St. Charles-designed kitchen features staff quarters and a breakfast room.

In today's uncertain economy, a college education no longer guarantees you a high-paying job. But on the flip side, if you don't want to go to college, you don't have to — you can still get a high-paying job without a bachelor's degree.

According to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the following are the 40 highest-paying jobs that don't require workers to have a four-year college degree. Each has an annual salary of at least $58,000.

The median annual wages listed are calculated to include hourly, weekly, and annual pay, as well as sales commissions and production bonuses. Overtime wages are not included in the data. We also provided the expected job openings through 2022 and the work experience or on-the-job training needed for a particular job.

Compared to last year's list, newcomer jobs include makeup artists, transportation inspectors, and funeral service managers. Out of all of the jobs, registered nurses have the most projected openings through 2022 with 1,052,600 estimated positions.

40. Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products

Median annual wage (2012): $58,760

Degree required: High school diploma or equivalent

Projected job openings (through 2022): 61,600

Work experience: None

Description: Purchase machinery, equipment, tools, parts, supplies, or services necessary for the operation of an establishment.

On-the-job training: Long-term on-the-job training

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

39. Computer network support specialists

Median annual wage (2012): $59,090

Degree required: Associate's degree

Projected job openings (through 2022): 39,600

Work experience: None

Description: Analyze, test, troubleshoot, and evaluate existing network systems, such as local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet systems or a segment of a network system.

On-the-job training: None

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

38. Engineering technicians, except drafters

Median annual wage (2012): $59,440

Degree required: Associate's degree

Projected job openings (through 2022): 14,600

Work experience: None

Description: Solve technical problems. Some help engineers and scientists do research and development.

On-the-job training: None

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Apple hasn't discussed an iWatch, but multiple reports imply that a smart watch is being developed to rival devices such as the Pebble and Galaxy Gear.

What could it look like and how might it work?

Behance, a design sight that lets creative people showcase their work, has been flooded with mockups of iWatches lately. We pulled some of the best concepts to show what the world could be wearing in just a few months.

If the iWatch is modeled after the Samsung Gear Fit, it could look like this with rounded glass.

The watch could be thicker to allow more surface area, like a chunky bracelet.

If it's modeled after the Pebble watch, it could have a square face and the bands could be as colorful as iPhone 5C devices.

Russia has been all over the headlines recently.

Earlier this year, it was for the Sochi Winter Olympics. More recently, it's because president Vladimir Putin has been flexing his muscles again, this time in Crimea.

As the world's eighth largest economy Russia can't be ignored.

The sheer scale of its pipelines, for instance, its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, or its population decline are mind-boggling.

We put together some key facts about Russia.

Russia has the same surface area as Pluto.

Russia has a surface area of 17 million km², compared with 16.6 million km² for Pluto.

Source: UniverseToday

Russia's pipelines could loop around Earth more than six times.

Russia's pipelines, including condensate, gas, liquid petroleum gas, oil water, and refined products, are 259,913 kilometers long. The Earth, meanwhile,  is 40,075 kilometers in circumference.

Source: The World Fact Book

Russia accounts for half the global stockpile of highly enriched uranium (HEU).

Russia has 695 tonnes of highly enriched uranium (HEU), the most of any country in the world. The U.S. has the world's second largest stockpile at 604 tonnes.

Source: International Panel on Fissile Materials

Midtown Manhattan is already home to a huge number of skyscrapers, but the next generation of towers being built between 53rd Street and the south side of Central Park will be even taller.

One57 — the long-awaited, 90-story residential skyscraper that cost $1.4 billion to build — is almost finished, and Extell’s Nordstrom Tower will eventually rise a vertigo-inducing 1,775 feet (including the tower’s spire), making it the tallest residential building in the world.

There are also developments in the works at 111 West 57th St., 432 Park Ave., and 53 West 53rd St. that will dramatically change the skyline.

Armand Boudreaux at New York YIMBY, a website that covers architecture, construction, and real estate in New York City, recently created renderings that show how all these new buildings will change the look of Manhattan, and shared them with Business Insider (arrows and outlines are ours). Check them out below.

This is what the skyline will look like in 2020, facing south from the Central Park Zoo. Of these five buildings, the 90-story One57 (second from the right) is the most complete. It cost $1.4 billion to build, and developers are expected to gross about $2 billion in sales from the project. It's on target to be finished this year.

From left to right: 432 Park Ave., 111 West 57th St., 53 53rd St., One57, and Nordstrom Tower.Four of the five buildings are concentrated on the west side of Midtown Manhattan. Nordstrom Tower — the tall building on the far left — could take the title of America's tallest roof from Chicago’s Willis Tower. It's poised to become the tallest residential building in the entire world at 1,775 feet (1,479 feet tall without its spire) when it's completed in 2018.432 Park (the building on the far right) will be nearly 1,400 feet tall when it's completed in 2015; 53 West 53rd Street (second from the right) will rise 1,050 feet above street level; and 111 West 57th (the building in the center) will stand 1,350 feet tall by June 2017.Here's what the skyline will look like, looking north from southern Manhattan.

From left to right: Nordstrom Tower, One57, 111 West 57th Street, 53 West 53rd Street, and 432 Park Avenue.

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